Herbert Alvin Sharpe and WPA/Federal Art Project, Louisiana
The Chain Gang
1938
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Drypoint with printed tone, Sheet: 246 x 356 mm. (9 11/16 x 14 in.)
Plate: 212 x 297 mm. (8 3/8 x 11 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
The United States General Services Administration, formerly Federal Works Agency, Works Progress Administration, on extended loan to the Baltimore Museum of Art.
Object Number
L.1943.9.789
Inscribed: RECTO: BL in plate: 'H. ALVIN-SHARPE / 38'; LL margin (pencil): ' The Chain Gang' ; LR margin (pencil): 'H Alvin-Sharpe'. VERSO: TC (pencil): '#1696 - gr. 2'; Lower C: BMA stamp.
